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Aug- 2018 -17 AugustBusiness
Australia signs €2 billion contract with Rheinmetall for 211 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles
Germany's Rheinmetall announced that it secured a €2.1 billion (Au$3.3 billion) contract to supply Australia with 211 Boxer wheeled armored vehicles
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17 AugustAfrica
UK Chinook helicopters in Mali ‘fully operational’
Three RAF Chinook heavy lift helicopters are now fully operational and are supporting French counter-terrorism operations in Mali, the UK Ministry of Defence said
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16 AugustReview
The wiretapping that changed the Cold War
God and Spies author and former US Navy diver G.M. Matheny talks to Sonya Swink about Ivy Bells, the operation to intercept Soviet naval communications
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16 AugustAsia Pacific
Gunmen attack Afghan intelligence training center in Kabul
Gunmen launched an attack on an intelligence training center in Kabul, officials said, a day after a suicide bomber killed dozens of students in the war-weary city
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15 AugustMiddle East
PKK leader in Sinjar killed in Turkish airstrike
Turkey carried out an operation in the Sinjar area of northern Iraq, which the armed forces said killed PKK leader Zeki Shingali
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15 AugustAsia Pacific
Students killed in suicide bombing at Kabul education center
Dozens of people were killed when an explosion at an education center rocked a minority Shiite area of western Kabul
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15 AugustAsia Pacific
Taliban kill dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks
Taliban insurgents killed dozens of Afghan soldiers in overnight attacks in Baghlan and Zabul provinces, bringing the number killed in the past week to well over 200
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14 AugustBusiness
Lockheed awarded $480 million more for hypersonic missile development
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $480 million contract to develop a new hypersonic missile for the US Air Force, the Department of Defense said
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14 AugustEurope
Russian-made electronic warfare systems present in Ukraine, OSCE says
The OSCE said for the first time it had spotted Russian-made weapons in rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine, despite the Kremlin insisting it has not provided arms in the conflict
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14 AugustBusiness
Lebanon army receives 8 Bradley Fighting Vehicles from the US
Lebanon received eight M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles from the United States, the army said in a statement
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